against him because they know there s going to be a price to pay. courage, remember that courage is never wasted. this evening, speaker boehner removed congressman webster and congressman rich nugent from the house rules committee. nugent supported webster and voted against boehner today. 4 congressman steve king who nominated webster tweeted, speaker boehner kicked webster and nugent off rules committee for voting against boehner. no room for intimidation tactics. i stand with them. joining me now, msnbc political reporter casey hunt and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. casey, why were there not more punishments issued today. there were more votes cast against the speaker. it s certainly possible, lawrence, that you could see more punishments to come but at the same time the house speaker s ability to punish people this way is a little bit limited. and this revolt was so scattered, right? and that s why we didn t see it
congressman rich nugent from the house rules committee. nugent supported webster and voted against boehner today. 4 congressman steve king who nominated webster tweeted, speaker boehner kicked webster and nugent off rules committee for voting against boehner. no room for intimidation tactics. i stand with them. joining me now, msnbc political reporter casey hunt and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. casey, why were there not more punishments issued today. there were more votes cast against the speaker. it s certainly possible, lawrence, that you could see more punishments to come but at the same time the house speaker s ability to punish people this way is a little bit limited. and this revolt was so scattered, right? and that s why we didn t see it succeed to a greater degree than it did. you had this sort of collection of candidates. i had one republican privately call it the coalition of the aggrieved in a conversation. and they weren t able to unite
and mike huckabee at 7%. rand paul and paul ryan are pulling in 6% . ted cruz and walker are at 5. rick perry at 4. marco rubio is at 3. on the democratic side, hillary clinton leads the democrats with 65% of voters. the next closest contender is elizabeth warren who gets 10%, followed by joe biden at 9%. and vermont senator bernie sanders wins 5% of those voters in that poll. joining me now, msnbc political reporter casey hunt and former vermont governor howard dean and msnbc political analyst. howard dean, what about another insurgency from vermont, bernie sanders from president. i ve known bernie for a long time. 90% of the public isn t getting ahead because of the 10% who are. that s going to be a major issue in the race. i think its s great if he comes in.
increased contributions for federal workers. there s a lot being left out in this deal. probably the most biggest, most outrageous mission is help for the long-term unemployed, benefits as we have reported here for 1.3 million americans are set to expire three days after christmas and this budget deal does nothing for those people and their families. joining me now msnbc political reporter casey hunt. casey, you ve been following this all day on capitol hill. how did this deal come about? reporter: paul murray and patty ryan have been behind closed doors for months. these talks have been ongoing behind closed doors ever since the senate has been putting patty murray s budget on the floor. they kept those talks going even as other efforts by leadership were found and even as we went through that government shutdown. they passed this as a success of basically two budget policy
increased contributions for federal workers. there s a lot being left out in this deal. probably the most biggest, most outrageous mission is help for the long-term unemployed, benefits as we have reported here for 1.3 million americans are set to expire three days after christmas and this budget deal does nothing for those people and their families. joining me now msnbc political reporter casey hunt. casey, you ve been following this all day on capitol hill. how did this deal come about? reporter: paul murray and patty ryan have been behind closed doors for months. these talks have been ongoing behind closed doors ever since the senate has been putting patty murray s budget on the floor. they kept those talks going even as other efforts by leadership were found and even as we went through that government shutdown. they passed this as a success of basically two budget policy w